IFPDA Print Fair 2015
(November 4 – 8, 2015)

Posted on November 1, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

Expressionist Masters and "Cabinet of Curiosities" Highlight St. Etienne's Booth in the Park Avenue Armory... Read More

St. Etienne Co-Director Hildegard Bachert
Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Posted on October 30, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

Hildegard Bachert, who joined the staff of the Galerie St. Etienne on November 4, 1940, is celebrating 75 years on the job.... Read More

Austrian Restitution Policy:
Where Are We, and How Did We Get Here?

Posted on October 1, 2015December 5, 2015 by Jane Kallir

From a talk given by gallery Co-Director Jane Kallir on "Art Restitution in Austria: Achievements, Lessons, Challenges" at the Austrian Cultural Foundation in New York on October 1, 2015.... Read More

Understanding the Art Market, Part III
Five Common-Sense Rules for Collectors

Posted on August 21, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

The art market may be bigger than ever today, but the basic rules of collecting have not changed much... Read More

Understanding the Art Market, Part II
What Do Auction Prices Really Mean?

Posted on August 14, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

Because auction prices are published, people often mistakenly equate them with stock prices. In truth, auctions represent only a fraction of the total art market, and the process is far from transpare... Read More

Understanding the Art Market, Part I
How The Market is Manipulated

Posted on August 7, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

Huge art prices have many people concerned that we are experiencing another art market bubble. In truth, the market is more complicated than the flashy headlines suggest... Read More

2015 Art Market Report
Where Are The Gatekeepers?

Posted on July 31, 2015July 23, 2018 by Jane Kallir

The Galerie St. Etienne’s 2015 State of the Market Report asks who, in today’s increasingly fragmented art world, decides what constitutes a great work of art. Curators? Critics? Collectors? The m... Read More

Recent Acquisitions
(July 21 – October 16, 2015)

Posted on July 21, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

The gallery’s summer show of Recent Acquisitions features works by artists who for years were off the reigning “gatekeepers” radar: Leonard Baskin, Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, George Grosz, Morris H... Read More

“Woman In Gold”: Is the Movie Accurate?
Some Thoughts on Nazi Art Restitution
in Austria & Elsewhere

Posted on May 7, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

Hollywood is not known for accuracy when it comes to history, much less art history. However, the film dramatizing the real-life legal battle between Austria and Maria Altmann, an American Holocaust s... Read More

Leonard Baskin’s “Wunderkammer”
Mid-Century Renegade Anticipates Contemporary Artistic Practice

Posted on April 23, 2015December 5, 2015 by Galerie St. Etienne

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, the narratives that once structured the art world have been breaking down. Traditional hierarchies—between “high” and “low” culture, Western and n... Read More